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Full Fact→ Video of President Putin ‘ignoring’ King Charles doesn’t tell the whole story
The clip circulating on social media shows President Putin apparently ignoring King Charles in the front row of a large event.
The Dispatch→ How Not to Expand Broadband
A look at the wrong turns of the BEAD program.
The Dispatch→ Social Media Users Make False Claim About Juneteenth
A recent post claims that Congress has not acted on voting rights and it established Juneteenth unanimously.
Full Fact→ How many of the ‘40 new hospitals’ have been built?
Both Labour and the Conservatives have made misleading statements about the number of new hospitals that the government has built so far.
PolitiFact→ Live: Fact-checking Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s first 2024 presidential debate
PolitiFact is fact-checking the first 2024 presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Follow our live fact-checks here.
The Dispatch→ U.S. and Saudi Arabia Move Toward Landmark Deal
‘Will this allow us finally to have some peace of mind about the region?’
The Dispatch→ Fatally Flawed
Henry Wallace’s self-inflicted fall from grace.
The Dispatch→ Major League Baseball Reckons With Its Past
Its adoption of Negro League statistics is a start, but one star’s great-grandson hopes for more.
The Dispatch→ Science and the Congress Should Collaborate
A look at proposed reforms to the National Institutes of Health.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Biden-Trump debate: A look at the false claims made
The Associated Press examines false and misleading statements made by Donald Trump and Joe Biden as they prepare to face off in the Election 2024 presidential debate.
The Dispatch→ Supreme Court: We’re Not Santa Claus
Plus: David’s unified theory of crime blind spots.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Woman Did NOT Bake Bread In Outdoor Mailbox In Sweltering Heat of June 2024 — Post Started As Joke
Did a Texas woman bake bread in her mailbox using the sweltering heat of June 2024? No, that's not true: The woman shown in a social media post originally shared an image of her pulling a loaf of bread from her mailbox as a joke about sum
The Dispatch→ Did (((Dark Money))) Sink Jamaal Bowman? Not Really, No.
Analyzing the most expensive primary race in U.S. history.
The Dispatch→ Blame the Jews
Why Democrats are pretending a pro-Israel PAC sank Jamaal Bowman.
The Dispatch→ Taming the Base
Overreach is being recognized and corrected.
FactCheck.org→ Competing Narratives on Real Wages, Incomes Under Biden
In recent weeks, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Sen. Tim Scott offered seemingly contradictory claims when discussing the impact of inflation on the typical American’s wages and income. During prepared testimony to the House Ways and Mea
PolitiFact→ Biden debate prep fuels false and misleading claims about body doubles and drugs
President Joe Biden dedicated several days to prepare ahead of the 2024 presidential election season’s first debate. Former President Donald Trump and his allies spun it with unfounded claims about drugs and body doubles.
PolitiFact→ Pennsylvania Values PAC – Liberal group’s ad says Trump is ‘against mail in voting.’ That omits his recent comments
Former President Donald Trump is “against mail in voting.”
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Speakeasy: Cocktails for Surviving Debate Night
Making the best of a bad night.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – We feel fine: CERN scientists did not end the world 12 years ago. This claim is satire.
CERN scientists admit they “accidentally” ended the world in 2012 while performing experiments into the Higgs boson particle.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK PM Rishi Sunak Did NOT Announce Plans To Give British Citizens £75,000 To Leave UK
Did Rishi Sunak, prime minister of the U.K. and leader of the Conservative Party, state that there are plans in place to pay citizens £75,000 to leave the country? No, that's not true: Neither Sunak nor the Tories as a whole have propose
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK’s King Charles III Was NOT Dead As Of June 26, 2024
Did the U.K.'s King Charles III die on or before June 24, 2024 as a post on Facebook claimed? No, that's not true: As of this writing on June 26, 2024, the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and head of the
Full Fact→ One week to go…
With the election a week away, our fact checks are helping voters understand tax and super majorities, highlighting the need for clear debate amid misleading claims.
Full Fact→ Crime statistics explained – is it rising or falling?
A guide to how crime statistics for England and Wales are presented, and why the question of whether crime is rising or falling can be hard to answer.
Full Fact→ What are the rules on political gambling?
Investigations into alleged election betting have dominated the headlines in recent days.
The Dispatch→ Yes, an Arizona Election Worker Has Been Arrested for Stealing a Key
The digital magnetic key is used to access vote tabulation machines, but it has been recovered.
The Dispatch→ Biden, Trump Head Into ‘Truly Unprecedented’ Debate
Plus: A slate of notable Tuesday primary races.
The Dispatch→ The ‘Unfettered’ Trade That’s Wildly Popular—and Ignored in Washington
Let’s talk about digital trade.
The Dispatch→ Ukraine Begins Talks to Join European Union
The negotiations come as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is making a diplomatic push for international support.
Full Fact→ Assessing the manifestos against our calls for change
With just over a week until polling day, the major parties’ manifestos have all been published, and the team at Full Fact have been busy assessing them.
Full Fact→ Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer BBC debate: fact checked
The last head-to-head of the election campaign sees Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer take part in a BBC Prime Ministerial debate.
The Dispatch→ Wonky Wednesday
Post-Tax Season Coverage.
The Dispatch→ Why This Presidential Debate Actually Matters
In a ‘vibes’ election, a vibes debate could tell us something important.
The Dispatch→ The Residency Challenge of a Trump-Rubio Ticket, Explained
Having two Florida men on the same party’s presidential ticket would complicate Electoral College voting.
The Dispatch→ More Inflation, Less Growth, and Higher Deficits
Assessing the two major presidential nominees’ economic agendas.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sister Ships Titanic And Olympic Were NOT Switched In An Insurance Fraud Scheme — Baseless Conspiracy Theory
Was a fire-damaged ship, the Olympic, disguised as the Titanic so it could be intentionally sunk to commit "the greatest insurance fraud in history"? No, that's not true: The baseless Titanic-switch conspiracy is proven false on multiple
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Federal Government Did NOT Announce Free 6-Month CDL Courses Beginning June 2024
Is the federal government providing a "six-month free" commercial driver's license, or CDL, course beginning in June 2024, as a post on Facebook claimed? No, that's not true: A spokesperson with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administra
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Frankfurt Litter Scene Was NOT Caused By Immigrants To Germany — The Mess Was Left By Euro 2024 Soccer Spectators
Does a video on social media showing garbage scattered across Frankfurt's Old Town in Germany accurately attribute the trash to "the consequences of mass immigration"? No, that's not true: The claim on social media misled about the cause
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Neil Armstrong Did NOT Say He Saw UFOs And Aliens On The Moon
Did astronaut Neil Armstrong once say he saw UFOs and aliens on the moon? No, that's not true: The claim is completely fabricated. There is zero evidence that Armstrong ever told anyone that he saw UFOs and aliens on the moon, and no evid